“Earlier on in my transition everything just seemed really hard, really far away and just difficult,” Raines tell his viewers. “It was hard to find or even looking for any positives in a situation that just seemed so negative. But, the further along in my transition I’ve gotten — particularly since having top surgery — the more positives I can see.”

Raines admits that “there are hard things and I’m really not trying to brush over them or ignore them” but he decided he “really wanted to make a video that concentrated on the good things.”

Man Offers Beautiful Ode To All Of The Positive Things About Being Trans

48 Transgender Pioneers

48 Transgender Pioneers

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Kim Coco Iwamoto

In 2006 Iwamoto was <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229937,00.html#ixzz1eCixXAuI" target="_hplink">elected to a position on Hawaii's state Board of Education</a> and became (at the time) the highest-elected transgender official in the United States.
She <a href="http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2010/general/files/histatewide.pdf" target="_hplink">ran for re-election in 2010</a> and won.
See a video of Iwamoto discussing her support of an anti-bullying bill in Hawaii by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgqswbrLsRM">clicking here.</a>